Pattern effect mitigation techniques for all-optical wavelength converters based on semiconductor optical amplifiers

• Main Author: Wang, Jin (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2008
• Series: Karlsruhe Series in Photonics & Communications / Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Institute of High-Frequency and Quantum Electronics (IHQ)
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; Semiconductor Optical Amplifier; Time Division Multiplexing; Optical Communication; Wavelength Division Multiplexing; All-Optical Wavelength Conversion
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

All-optical wavelength converters (AOWC) are considered key to overcome wavelength blocking issues in next generation transparent networks. The focus of this book is on semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA), a mature nonlinear element with very favorable nonlinear characteristics, and on a discussi...